Kashmir Line of Control-Set War Film ‘The Collaborator’ Wraps

Manufacturing has wrapped on the wartime coming-of-age characteristic movie “The Collaborator,” based mostly on the worldwide bestseller by Kashmiri novelist Mirza Waheed.

The story is about within the Nineties on the Indian facet of the Line of Management that separates Indian Kashmir from Pakistani Kashmir. The 17-year previous protagonist identified solely because the “Boy” is pressured by an Indian military captain to enter the valley that separates the 2 international locations to depend the military’s kills by amassing IDs off the useless. Most of those are teenage boys who’ve disappeared from his small village, and anyone might be amongst his lacking buddies.

The novel was named as one of many 2011 books of the yr in The Telegraph U.Okay., New Statesman, Enterprise Customary and Telegraph India. It was additionally a 2011 Guardian first ebook award finalist.

The U.Okay.’s Rudi Dharmalingam (“The Lazarus Venture,” “Wakefield”) stars within the function of Captain Kadian alongside newcomer Nikhil Singh Rai, who gained the function of the Boy after a two-year search. The forged additionally contains Nitin Ganatra (“EastEnders”), Vikram Kapadia (“The Night time Supervisor”) and Meera Ganatra (“Blinded by the Gentle”).

“A New Christmas” producer Travis Hodgkins makes his characteristic directorial debut with “The Collaborator” and in addition tailored Waheed’s novel for the display screen.

The movie is produced by Mulberry Movies (U.S.) and Metro Productions (Georgia). It’s govt produced by MxW Ventures and CnR Movies. London-based Locomotive Leisure is dealing with worldwide gross sales. Beneath the road expertise contains Swedish cinematographer Johan Holmqvist (“Springfloden”), editor Jamie Kirkpatrick (“Previous Henry”) and composer Wayne Sharpe (“Basmati Blues”).

The movie marks the second characteristic movie collaboration this yr between producers Rashaana Shah (“Blowing Up Proper Now,” IFC’s “Bollywood Hero”) and Cristy Coors Beasley (“The Westsiders”), after sports activities drama “American Underdog,” which stars Danny Trejo, Veronica Falcon, Taylor Treadwell and Omi Vaidya.

Dharmalingam is represented by Curtis Brown and Hyperlink Leisure, Rai by The Foundry, Nitan Ganatra by Conway Van Gelder Grant, Kapadia by S+C Administration and Meera Ganatra by Core Mgmt.